Spring 2025 Environmental Health Sciences P8371 section 002

Public Health GIS

PUBLIC HEALTH GIS

Call Number 16010
Day & Time
Location
W 5:30pm-8:20pm
To be announced
Points 3
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Joel Capellan
Type LECTURE
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description Geographic Information Systems (GIS) has emerged as an essential tool for public health researchers and practitioners. The GIS for Public Health course will offer students an opportunity to gain skills in using GIS software to apply spatial analysis techniques to public health research questions. The laboratory section of the course will give students the opportunity for hands-on learning in how to use GIS systems to analyze data and produce maps and reports. These laboratory exercises will be designed to increasingly challenge the students to incorporate the analytic skills and techniques they have learned in other courses with the geospatial and spatial statistics techniques commonly used in GIS. Guest speakers will be invited to share their real-world examples of GIS in Public Health research and practice. These speakers will include Columbia researchers and staff from government agencies or non-profit organizations.
Web Site Vergil
Department Environmental Health Sciences
Enrollment 24 students (35 max) as of 1:05PM Friday, December 27, 2024
Subject Environmental Health Sciences
Number P8371
Section 002
Division School of Public Health
Open To GSAS, Public Health
Note Priorities: EHS Students in MS Tox or MPH Tox Cert
Section key 20251EHSC8371P002